From John James   4 November 1861

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

November 4th 1861 —

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that the Council of The University of Melbourne has appointed you, under the Special Regulations for the Examination of Candidates for Degree in Medicine, Honorary Examiner in Botany, Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Prescriptions1 and I am desired to request that you will have the goodness to favor the Council with an intimation as to whether it would be agreeable to you to act in that capacity.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant

John F. James

Registrar.

 

Ferdinand Mueller Esquire, M.D. and Ph.D.

&c &c &c

Government Botanist.

1
MS marginal annotation: 'In conjunction with Dr Eades'.
2
See B62.14.02 for an example of one of M's examination papers.

Please cite as “FVM-61-11-04,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/61-11-04